The Lost Tribes of Humanity

Episode 165:

First Britons

Horizon reveals how new archaeological discoveries are painting a very different picture of the very first native Britons. For centuries it's been thought that these hunter-gatherers lived a brutal, hand to mouth existence.

Episode 164:

70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret

This episode meets the scientists working in Egypt who are exploring the ancient underground catacombs where mummies were originally buried to reveal why the ancient Egyptians mummified millions and millions of animals.

Episode 134:

The Midas Formula

Episode 133:

Horizon

Dr Michael Mosley and Professor Alice Roberts investigate if male and female brains really are wired differently. New research suggests that the connections in men and women's brains follow different patterns.

Episode 6:

Saturn: Lord of the Rings

Episode 6:

The Day the Earth Nearly Died

Some 250 million years ago, all but five percent of life on Earth was wiped out in the greatest disaster the planet has ever experienced, yet the cause of this event has long remained a mystery; palaeontologists in Greenland attempt to explain.

Horizon

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Michael Mosley explores the latest theories on the creation of personalities and whether they can be changed; Mosley, a pessimist, wants to worry less and become more of an optimist, so he tries out two techniques to change this aspect of himself.

Horizon

How Small is the Universe?

Playing God

Adam Rutherford meets a new creature created by American scientists, the spider goat, which is part goat, part spider; its milk can be used to create an artificial spider's web; it's synthetic biology, part of a new field of research.

How to Mend a Broken Heart

What Is Reality?

The quest to explain the true nature of reality is one of the great scientific detective stories; it may be that that we are part of a cosmic hologram, or that we exist in an infinity of parallel worlds.

The Core

Surviving a Car Crash

With exclusive access to the secretive world of the most advanced car crash tests, it's revealed how the latest advances in trauma medicine, psychology and even extreme sport are transforming the chances of surviving on the roads.

Horizon

Horizon

Famed for their deadly power, asteroids are now revealing the secrets of how they are responsible for both life and death on Earth; armed with an array of powerful telescopes, scientists are finding up to 3,000 new asteroids every night.

Heartbreak Science

How Violent Are You?

Horizon

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world faces a population crisis; while much of the projected population growth is in the developing world, it is the lifestyle of many in the West that has the most impact on the planet.